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 ===== Geography ===== ===== Geography =====
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 +==== Lake Chinneret ====
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 +==== Qeren Hill Country ====
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 +==== Rotting Sea ====
 +Thought to have been poisoned by the neighboring [[ammareth#basal_desolation|Basal Desolation]], the rotting sea is barren and lifeless.
 +So named by the stinking sulfur diluted in its waters, its shores are ringed with deposits of caustic salt.
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 +==== Sagga Wilderness ====
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 ===== History ===== ===== History =====
  
 ===== Government ===== ===== Government =====
 +Lahamel is governed for most of the 4th Age by a combination of a hereditary Dahbeqite priesthood and a periodic assembly of elders from the various tribal clans.
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 +When [[..:..:campaigns:drakonheart:gm:nedafulasi|Nedafulasi]] incorporated Lahamel into his Centrian Empire, he appointed the Gobahim Armashek dynasty as client kings to rule as governors.
 +The Armasheks shrewdly left local elders in place but quietly suspended the assembly of elders, instead dealing with each clan individually at the new royal court at [[..:locations:Turgserat]], and later [[..:locations:Melekpolis]].
 +Using favors and gifts, these kings cultivated a reputation as a neutral benefactor.
  
 ==== Parties, Ideology, and Politics ==== ==== Parties, Ideology, and Politics ====
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 ===== Demographics ===== ===== Demographics =====
-general ethnicities+Humans in Lahamel  two major ethnic groups: the majority Shahtafim, and minority Gobahim. 
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 +==== Shahtafim ==== 
 +The Shahtafim, meaning "people of the flood," often refer to themselves simply as Lahameli as they trace their lineage to the patriarch Lahamel. 
 +Shahtafim history reports that their nomadic ancestor, fleeing the chaos of the [[..:..:3rd_age:events:elesh_rebellion|Great War]], crossed the Tannah Sea to settle in what would become [[zulithan|Zulithan]]. 
 +After several generations his descendants would come to fill much of the Rahiel delta as a slave caste, but were freed by [[..:..:celestials:malakel|Malakel]] and made to wander again as nomads. 
 +Malakel then settled the Shahtafim in territorial Lahamel by conquest of the local dragon-worshiping peoples. 
 +He also created a lifeward to prevent dragons from entering Lahamel, allowing them to live out the remainder of the Great War in relative peace. 
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 +Within the Shahtafim, there are thirteen major tribal clans: 
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 +  * Dahbeq - hereditary priesthood 
 +  * Zamar - large tribe inhabiting the Qeren heights, known for its independence and martial prowess 
 +  * Minhalan - coastal tribe known for shipbuilding 
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 +  * Dihn 
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 +==== Gobahim ==== 
 +The Gobahim, meaning the "high people," trace their lineage to Hahak, who stayed behind when his younger brother Lahamel traveled across the Tannah Sea. 
 +A group of semi-nomadic tribes descended from Hahak, who upon the Shahtafim's return mostly sided against their ancient brethren and were pushed into the southern hill country. 
 +Centuries of Shahtafim attempts at integration or expulsion were resisted, and the Gobahim tribes were eventually united under a series of royal dynasties that adapted a local form of [[..:religions:hoshania#serat_hoshania|Hoshanism]]. 
 +Gobahim kings would become an important ally for Shahtafim wars against [[.:Dagon-Sur]], leading to a friendly, if tense, co-existance.
  
 ==== Language ==== ==== Language ====
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 |  Flag  || |  Flag  ||
 |  Map  || |  Map  ||
-|Capital|[[..:Locations:Amahshalem]] (Largest City)|+|Capital|[[..:locations:Amahshalem]] (Largest City)|
 |Official Languages|[[..:languages:Lahameli]]| |Official Languages|[[..:languages:Lahameli]]|
 |National Languages|[[..:languages:Lahameli]], [[..:languages:Marretic]], [[..:Languages:Halser]]| |National Languages|[[..:languages:Lahameli]], [[..:languages:Marretic]], [[..:Languages:Halser]]|
 |Races|92% Human\\ 6% Anthegal \\ 1% Dragoon\\ 1% Shapeshifter| |Races|92% Human\\ 6% Anthegal \\ 1% Dragoon\\ 1% Shapeshifter|
 |Demonym|Lahameli| |Demonym|Lahameli|
-|Government|Tribal Theocracy|+|Government|Theocratic Tribal Confederation|
 |Alliances| | |Alliances| |
-|Official Religions|[[..:Religions:Hoshania]]| +|Official Religions|[[..:religions:Hoshania]]| 
-|National Religions|[[..:Religions:Hoshania]]|+|National Religions|[[..:religions:Ophis]], [[..:religions:Hoshania]]|
 |Area| | |Area| |
 |Population| | |Population| |
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